Attendance Tracker

Google Meet attendance report not showing up? Here is why.

You finished an important Google Meet call or lecture expecting an attendance email, but your inbox is empty. Here are the 5 most common reasons Google failed to send your attendance report, and how to fix it permanently.

Top 5 Reasons You Didn't Receive Your Attendance Report

1. Your Google Workspace Tier Doesn't Include It

This is the #1 reason. Google's native attendance tracking is only included with top-tier Workspace plans:

• Supported: Google Workspace for Education Plus, Teaching & Learning Upgrade, and Workspace Enterprise.
• NOT Supported: Google Workspace Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Business Starter, Business Standard, Nonprofits, and personal @gmail.com accounts.

If you are on Business Standard or Education Fundamentals, Google will never send an attendance email.

2. You Were Not the Meeting Organizer / Host

Google only sends the attendance CSV to the person who originally scheduled the Calendar event. If you were a co-host, teaching assistant, moderator, or participant, Google will not email you a copy — it only goes to the primary organizer.

3. Fewer Than 5 Attendees Joined the Call

Google's built-in attendance feature has a minimum threshold: it requires at least 5 participants to trigger an automated email report. If 4 people attended your meeting, Google silently discards the report.

4. Attendance Tracking Was Not Toggled On

In Google Workspace, attendance tracking is often disabled by default. The host must click the Host Controls icon (the lock symbol in the bottom right) and manually toggle "Attendance tracking" ON during or before the call.

5. Delayed Delivery or Spam Filter

Google's automated attendance emails can take anywhere from 15 minutes to several hours during peak school hours. Check your Spam/Junk folder for emails from meet-reports@google.com.

The Permanent Fix: Use Attendance Tracker

To avoid missing attendance reports, teachers and businesses use the official Attendance Tracker Add-on. It eliminates all of Google's restrictions:

• Works on ALL Google Accounts: Free on personal Gmail, Business Starter, Education Fundamentals, and Enterprise.
• No Attendee Minimums: Tracks meetings with 2 participants just as accurately as meetings with 200+.
• Live In-Call View: See who is present, who left, and who arrived late in real-time during the meeting.
• Available to Anyone: Non-hosts, co-hosts, and TAs can track and export their own personal Google Sheet report.
• Direct Google Drive Export: Saves automatically to a dedicated Google Sheet in your Drive as soon as the meeting ends.

Comparison: Built-in vs. Attendance Tracker